Regional

12:57 pm

Fri August 30, 2013

Texas To Create Investigative Unit After El Paso Cheating Scandal

The Texas Education Agency says it will create a new investigative division after a state report highlighted serious flaws with how it monitors its more than 1,000 districts.

The State Auditor's Office report released Friday confirmed that TEA did not perform a thorough investigation of serious cheating allegations in the El Paso Independent School District.

An El Paso Times investigation revealed that district administrators were pushing out low-performing students to drive up the district's test scores. Former superintendent Lorenzo Garcia also pleaded guilty to fraud allegations related to a no-bid contact and is now in prison.